Authors: P. Kleinplatz
ISBN-13: 9780876309674, ISBN-10: 0876309678
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Kleinplatz, Peggy J., PhD
New Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives focuses on cutting-edge therapy paradigms as alternatives to conventional sex therapy and expands the definition of the field. Replete with helpful clinical illustrations to demonstrate these new approaches in action, this book is intended for anyone who deals with sexual issues and concerns in therapy, clinicians of every kind, in addition to sex therapists.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction: A Critical Evaluation of Sex Therapy: Room for Improvement | ||
Pt. I | Critiques of Conventional Models of Sex Therapy | 1 |
1 | What the Sex Therapies Tell Us About Sex | 5 |
2 | Feminist Critiques of Sex Therapy: Foregrounding the Politics of Sex | 29 |
3 | Challenging Dominant Discourses of Male (Hetero)Sexuality: The Clinical Implications of New Voices About Male Sexuality | 50 |
4 | Phenomenology of Sexuality | 69 |
5 | Paraphilia: A Critique of a Confused Concept | 91 |
6 | A Critique of the Goals of Sex Therapy, or The Hazards of Safer Sex | 109 |
Pt. II | New Alternatives/Innovations in Sex Therapy | 133 |
7 | Feminist Sex Therapy in the Age of Viagra | 139 |
8 | Intimacy-Based Sex Therapy: Sexual Choreography | 163 |
9 | Approaching Sexual Potential in Relationship: A Reward of Age and Maturity | 185 |
10 | "What Works" in Sex Therapy: A Common Factors Perspective | 210 |
11 | How Can Experiential Psychotherapy Help Transform the Field of Sex Therapy? | 234 |
12 | Sex Therapy with Survivors of Sexual Abuse | 258 |
13 | Beyond Forever After: Narrative Therapy with Lesbian Couples | 279 |
14 | Sex Therapy with Male Couples of Mixed-(Serodiscordant-)HIV Status | 302 |
15 | Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality: A Group Therapy Approach to Women's Sexual Dilemmas | 322 |
16 | Conclusions: Advancing Sex Therapy | 347 |
Index | 351 | |
About the Editor and Contributors | 371 |